I am sure others have explored this to some degree. The one-up-one-down methods by Lucky and I believe Retxxx works because in both short terma nd over the long run numbers tend to close ranks.

Take any state and watch the last 15--40 numbers. In more than 5 out of 10 times, two numbers are just 1 apart, when boxed. e.g 3103 and 0413 become 0133-0134...

Obviously it's a too risky strategy to go playing 140 numbers at lst just to get a boxed hit., although it could more than break even for an online player.

However, the best way to harness this observation is to go medium term. Take the last 3months to 1 yrs drawings, ie approx 180 to 700+ drawings. Box all the numbers, then look for the 1 increment gaps.

You will notice new draws tend to hover around tjhose gap numbers.

Ways to use the gap.

1. Separate middaya dn evening draws...

2. get gaps for day, night and combined...

3. Watch for gaps that occur in all day and mid or eve. These are hot gaps.

Gap numbers hit every 10 draws or so...You can make easy money just by paying gaps, prviding you update yr gaps daily.

I did post a gap list for New york (YANS). It is unupdated but anyoine can see the hits since i posted that list.

Another way to use gap is with your repeat numbers.

1. Use Lp and deflate your drawings for last 3 months to 1 yr.

2. Box those repeat numbers. Look for single gaps. These numbers will hit soon.

I am piggybacking in laverne Maloney's excellent post about the duplicates in all states daily games.

1. Take the list of all states picks 3's the day before...

2. Deflate them to get the duplicates/repeats --these numbers as LM has shown will repeat over a short cycle

3. Box all the numbers

4. Look for the 1 increment gaps...

taking results for 6/21 I got

Duplicates: 129-258-347-469-889

Gaps--036-059-156-244-257-267-358-455

Now look at 258 Duplicate and 358 gap--so close as to compell paying close attention

Gap theory and Pick 4

Follow same procedure as above

This is what i got...

Duplicates: 3459

Gaps: 1358-2368-3469-4577-4797

Look for creative gaps -e.g if you have a list of numbers 1256-1266-5689 1246 is an obvious gap

But if the list is 1256-1267-4699 you have to look closely to see the gap---1266

Anyway once again watch the duplicate 3459 and gap 3469...somethings going to happen around those numbers for some state.

use 1 up 1 method..

3459-4459-3559-3469-3450-3460

2459-3359-3449-3458

Gaps explained

Gaps are simple, I am posting this here so

you can refer to my other posts.

I tried this using all states

You can do it for your state but will take a bit of time.

A gap is created when numers fall in a series and fill up the series. Example

Series 130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139

Using all States the only number that has not hit is 137

there fore you have a gap in the series numbers

so when you have a hit on both sides of a number a gap is created

so 109 hit 110 miss 111 hit 112 hit 113 miss 114 miss 115 hit so you have a single gap being 110 and a double gap 113,114

gaps fill in the best are the single gaps.

To create a gap numbers need to hit on each side of a number so if you have 110,111,112, all misses and 109 and 113 as hits you need 111 to hit to create 2 single gaps being 110 and 112 .

This is the Straight method i have done no work on the box method yet and this is in a test mode, To do it in your single state you need to create a chart from 001 to 999 and eliminate the last 1200 draws you will then find your gaps.

If you decide to try this please post your results, Paurths has mentioned that he may be able to write a program.